Safeguarding Children's Course

Course overview:

This course is designed to equip staff with the skills necessary to deal with the situations that may arise when dealing with children and understand the safeguards required:

Sample Program – Safeguarding Children

  • Introduction and housekeeping
  • Written Exercise - your beliefs
  • What is Child Abuse?
  • Exploring Attitudes & Beliefs - questions & answer session
  • Signs & Symptons of Child Abuse
  • The Children's Act
  • Safeguarding/Child Protection - What does it mean?
  • Factors that Influence Child development
  • What to do if you suspect abuse
  • Multi Agency Co-operation
  • Reporting & Whistle Blowing
  • Case Studies Exercise
  • Any questions
  • Evaluation of course  

Evidence of Learning

All learners will be expected to participate in discussion and question & answer session. Evidence of learning is through discussion, written exercises and case study exercises.

The course is of one day duration with a minimum of 6 learners and a maximum of 16 learners attending. Instruction will be provided by 1 Basis Training qualified Instructor

 Essential Info

Who should attend?

All employees who work within an environment where they are dealing with Children.

Teaching methods
  • Power Point presentation
  • Group Discussions, quizzes 
  • Written exercises & case studies
  • Flip chart

Duration of course

 One day

Number of delegate places

  • Minimum 6

  • Maximum 16

Trainers  Qualifications

Educare  Children’s Rights Programme, Safeguarding Children & Young People, NSPCC Programme Child Protection, Advanced Child Protection through Kidscape, Hampshire County Council Training the Inter-Agency Child Protection Trainers Course. City & Guilds Level 3 Caring for Children & Young People. Educare Adolescent Services Award in The Children Act & Appropriate Adult. City & Guilds Level 4 NVQ for Managers in Residential Child Care

A Booklet is issued to all attending the course along with a certificate of attendance.

Trainers facilitating the course follow the ICM code of practise and the all Wales NHS Passport The company has also been accorded ICM Quality Award Centre status (QAC Registration Number QAC2022) which means that all physical breakaway skills have been risk assessed and have fulfilled the criteria set out by the ICM Quality Award

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A SAMPLE PROGRAM WHICH CAN BE CHANGED FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS.